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SXSW 2014 Review: THE INFINITE MAN Is Indie Time Travel Mayhem At Its Best

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SXSW 2014 Review: THE INFINITE MAN Is Indie Time Travel Mayhem At Its Best

SXSW 2014 Review: THE INFINITE MAN Is Indie Time Travel Mayhem At Its Best

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 02:10 PM PST

Though they have long been very popular, films that involve time travel almost always cause much consternation. Even the films that do it well become the subject of heated debate over logic (see: Looper). And when the logic is handled poorly, the result can be a horribly jumbled mess (see: The Time Traveler's Wife). So it is very encouraging to see a time travel-themed film that actually gets it right. The Infinite Man gets it right - way right. And it certainly doesn't take the easy way out either. First time feature director Hugh Sullivan wastes no time getting us into the world of his film. Right away we meet Dean (Josh McConville) and Lana (Hannah Marshall) as they arrive at a shuttered hotel...

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Review: THE UNI (Vejška) Awkwardly Balances Generational Manifesto And Capitalist Fairy-tale

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PST

In 2007, Czech director Tomáš Vorel sr. made a film called The Can, an adaption of the book Graffiti Rules. As the name of the source material suggests, the main motif was graffiti and hip hop subculture, something that was both trendy and on the edge of the law. The Can did not have enough funny scenes to be called an out and out comedy, whilst also lacking enough serious bits to be labelled a drama. What´s most important is the filmmaker tried to serve a cold slice of real life. However, the multitude of teenage film stereotypes kind of deflated his intentions.After 7 years, Vorel sr. is back with The Uni. And the story is basically the same. Michal Kolman (Jiří Mádl), a...

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Guns, Mustaches, And Doggies Rule The Trailer For Balakrishna's LEGEND

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PST

I've been waiting for this moment for three years.Back in 2010, when Twitch was in the middle of series of especially violent and creative movie kills, I threw down the gauntlet with an amazing flying-upside-down beheading from Tollywood box office smash, Simha. The film was the first collaboration between director Boyapati Sreenu and aging Tollywood hero icon, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and it blew my mind. In the three years in between both men have made features, but none have quite reached the delirious apex of manliness and unchained violence of Simha. Fans of Balakrishna and Sreenu have been waiting for the moment when the two would rejoin forces and deliver its worthy successor. That day is finally within sight.Behold, the trailer for Boyapati Sreenu's Legend, a...

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OH! FATHER Trailer: One Boy And His Four Fathers Try To Solve A Mystery

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 11:30 AM PST

Take a look at the synopsis or watch the trailer and you will immediately realize that Oh! Father is certainly not your typical comedy. But which Japanese comedy really is these days?Set in modern day Tokyo, Fujii Michihito's sophomore feature centers around the quirky and dangerous adventures of Yukio (Okada Masaki), a high school student who lives peacefully in a single apartment with his mother and four fathers. Yes, you read that right. What's more, this rather unusual situation helps him lead a social and fruitful life. Then, one day, when he becomes entangled in a mysterious case which begins with a stolen briefcase, Yukio understands that he will need his fathers' assistance more than ever.Here's a short description of the plot (via Eigapedia):Yukio is...

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SXSW 2014 Review: WETLANDS Paints An Excitingly Vulgar Picture

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PST

When a film begins with a teenage girl deliberately smearing her genitals all over an especially disgusting public toilet seat, you pretty much have an idea what you're in for. Wetlands, director David Wnendt's sophomore feature after the award winning Nazi girl drama Combat Girls, is certainly not for the faint of heart nor the weak of stomach. It is, however, a compelling, puzzling, disgusting, and hilariously honest look at growing up learning to cope. Even if the film falls into incongruous convention in the final few minutes, the journey is well worth the energy as Wnendt and his bold starlet, Carla Juri as Helen Memel, go where no filmmaking team has gone before in exploring the lengths to which we will all go to just...

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SXSW 2014 Review: 13 SINS, A Gruesome Thriller That Starts With A Fly

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:15 AM PST

Nicely-demented, Daniel Stamm's 13 Sins functions best as a gruesome thriller with a sense of humor. The deck is stacked quite heavily against Elliot (Mark Webber), a salesman who's preparing to marry his pregnant girlfriend Shelby (Rutina Wesley, from True Blood). Elliot is fired, cruelly and unexpectedly, by his arrogant, macho boss. That means Elliot will no longer be able to care financially for his mentally-disabled brother Tom (Devon Graye). To add to Elliot's financial and emotional woes, his bitter, racist father (Tom Bower) is about to be evicted from an assisted living facility. Elliot feels he has no choice but to move his Caucasian old man into the home he shares with Shelby, who is African-American, and his mentally-disabled brother. Sitting alone in his...

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